Magnus Larsson


Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Playing career

Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991.
Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came in 1994. He won that year's Grand Slam Cup, defeating World No. 1 Pete Sampras in the final in four sets 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4. Larsson also reached the semi-finals of the 1994 French Open, and was part of the Swedish team which won the 1994 Davis Cup. He won singles rubbers in the Davis Cup final against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden beat Russia 4–1.
In 1995, Larsson reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 26. He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the French Open that year. He was also part of the Swedish team which won the World Team Cup.
Larsson played in the final of the Davis Cup again in 1997. And again he won both his singles rubbers – against Pete Sampras and Michael Chang – and was on the winning team as Sweden thrashed the United States 5–0.
Larsson won a total of seven singles and six doubles titles during his career. His last doubles title was won in 1998 in Båstad. His final singles title came in 2000 at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. He retired from the professional tour in 2003. He has since played in the senior Outback Champions Series, winning the Stanford Championships in 2006.

Career finals

Singles: 15 (7 wins - 8 losses)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.1990Florence, ItalyClay Lawson Duncan6–7, 7–5, 6–0
Loss1.1990Båstad, SwedenClay Richard Fromberg2–6, 6–7
Win2.1992Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet Anders Järryd6–4, 7–6
Win3.1992Munich, GermanyClay Petr Korda6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win4.1994Zaragoza, SpainCarpet Lars Rehmann6–4, 6–4
Loss2.1994Halle, GermanyGrass Michael Stich4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win5.1994Toulouse, FranceHard Jared Palmer6–1, 6–3
Loss3.1994Antwerp, BelgiumCarpet Pete Sampras6–7, 4–6
Win6.1994Grand Slam Cup, MunichCarpet Pete Sampras7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss4.1995Doha, QatarHard Stefan Edberg6–7, 1–6
Loss5.1995Barcelona, SpainClay Thomas Muster2–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss6.1996Toulouse, FranceHard Mark Philippoussis1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss7.1998Halle, GermanyGrass Yevgeny Kafelnikov4–6, 4–6
Win7.2000Memphis, U.S.Hard Byron Black6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss8.2000Copenhagen, DenmarkHard Andreas Vinciguerra3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 8 (6 wins - 2 losses)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1991Florence, ItalyClay Ola Jonsson Juan Carlos Báguena
Carlos Costa
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win2.1992Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet Nicklas Kulti Hendrik Jan Davids
Libor Pimek
6–3, 6–4
Win3.1994Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Nicklas Kulti Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win4.1995Doha, QatarHard Stefan Edberg Andrei Olhovskiy
Jan Siemerink
7–6, 6–2
Loss1.1995French Open, ParisClay Nicklas Kulti Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win5.1997Marseille, FranceHard Thomas Enqvist Olivier Delaître
Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 6–4
Loss2.1997Båstad, SwedenClay Magnus Gustafsson Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström
0–6, 3–6
Win6.1998Båstad, SwedenClay Magnus Gustafsson Lan Bale
Piet Norval
6–4, 6–2

Senior Tour titles